diff --git a/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0001.c b/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0001.c
index 62f3ea9de848cabfb481014ca0b6176893da5a0f..2fadb0239ba32ba1c6f9c33bb69cc0756f3831a2 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0001.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0001.c
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ static int cfi_intelext_erase_varsize(struct mtd_info *, struct erase_info *);
 static void cfi_intelext_sync (struct mtd_info *);
 static int cfi_intelext_lock(struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t ofs, uint64_t len);
 static int cfi_intelext_unlock(struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t ofs, uint64_t len);
+static int cfi_intelext_is_locked(struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t ofs,
+				  uint64_t len);
 #ifdef CONFIG_MTD_OTP
 static int cfi_intelext_read_fact_prot_reg (struct mtd_info *, loff_t, size_t, size_t *, u_char *);
 static int cfi_intelext_read_user_prot_reg (struct mtd_info *, loff_t, size_t, size_t *, u_char *);
@@ -448,6 +450,7 @@ struct mtd_info *cfi_cmdset_0001(struct map_info *map, int primary)
 	mtd->sync    = cfi_intelext_sync;
 	mtd->lock    = cfi_intelext_lock;
 	mtd->unlock  = cfi_intelext_unlock;
+	mtd->is_locked = cfi_intelext_is_locked;
 	mtd->suspend = cfi_intelext_suspend;
 	mtd->resume  = cfi_intelext_resume;
 	mtd->flags   = MTD_CAP_NORFLASH;
@@ -2139,6 +2142,13 @@ static int cfi_intelext_unlock(struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t ofs, uint64_t len)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static int cfi_intelext_is_locked(struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t ofs,
+				  uint64_t len)
+{
+	return cfi_varsize_frob(mtd, do_getlockstatus_oneblock,
+				ofs, len, NULL) ? 1 : 0;
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_MTD_OTP
 
 typedef int (*otp_op_t)(struct map_info *map, struct flchip *chip,
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c
index 8b223c0343eee1844719282ac1d8a1f36423e779..a8e69dd2b2e47f1d2ae9dc9bfe9bae7d2ec2f655 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c
@@ -676,6 +676,20 @@ static int mtd_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *file,
 		break;
 	}
 
+	case MEMISLOCKED:
+	{
+		struct erase_info_user einfo;
+
+		if (copy_from_user(&einfo, argp, sizeof(einfo)))
+			return -EFAULT;
+
+		if (!mtd->is_locked)
+			ret = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+		else
+			ret = mtd->is_locked(mtd, einfo.start, einfo.length);
+		break;
+	}
+
 	/* Legacy interface */
 	case MEMGETOOBSEL:
 	{
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c
index b8043a9ba32d43329080b3664a8ae8678f7c7693..4c539ded0b7093c21ba04b9e5f7e83ae4530465d 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c
@@ -264,6 +264,14 @@ static int part_unlock(struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t ofs, uint64_t len)
 	return part->master->unlock(part->master, ofs + part->offset, len);
 }
 
+static int part_is_locked(struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t ofs, uint64_t len)
+{
+	struct mtd_part *part = PART(mtd);
+	if ((len + ofs) > mtd->size)
+		return -EINVAL;
+	return part->master->is_locked(part->master, ofs + part->offset, len);
+}
+
 static void part_sync(struct mtd_info *mtd)
 {
 	struct mtd_part *part = PART(mtd);
@@ -402,6 +410,8 @@ static struct mtd_part *add_one_partition(struct mtd_info *master,
 		slave->mtd.lock = part_lock;
 	if (master->unlock)
 		slave->mtd.unlock = part_unlock;
+	if (master->is_locked)
+		slave->mtd.is_locked = part_is_locked;
 	if (master->block_isbad)
 		slave->mtd.block_isbad = part_block_isbad;
 	if (master->block_markbad)
diff --git a/include/linux/mtd/mtd.h b/include/linux/mtd/mtd.h
index 5326435a757173e7cd09ce6071b5a904518780bf..43b7d72c6116afe7081900c13e8b0235aa2898e4 100644
--- a/include/linux/mtd/mtd.h
+++ b/include/linux/mtd/mtd.h
@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ struct mtd_info {
 	/* Chip-supported device locking */
 	int (*lock) (struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t ofs, uint64_t len);
 	int (*unlock) (struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t ofs, uint64_t len);
+	int (*is_locked) (struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t ofs, uint64_t len);
 
 	/* Power Management functions */
 	int (*suspend) (struct mtd_info *mtd);
diff --git a/include/mtd/mtd-abi.h b/include/mtd/mtd-abi.h
index be51ae2bd0ffd955428eaabf00317ba45d28a569..e12872e3c694b69195a0a02b57a382a3f2ff5891 100644
--- a/include/mtd/mtd-abi.h
+++ b/include/mtd/mtd-abi.h
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ struct otp_info {
 #define MEMERASE64		_IOW('M', 20, struct erase_info_user64)
 #define MEMWRITEOOB64		_IOWR('M', 21, struct mtd_oob_buf64)
 #define MEMREADOOB64		_IOWR('M', 22, struct mtd_oob_buf64)
+#define MEMISLOCKED		_IOR('M', 23, struct erase_info_user)
 
 /*
  * Obsolete legacy interface. Keep it in order not to break userspace